Tamalpais Trust is a twenty-year charitable lead family trust created in 2012. We are guided by the wisdom and practical expertise of Indigenous decision-makers in support of the growing global movement of Indigenous-led philanthropy. Indigenous-led grant partner organizations work globally, regionally and locally, protecting sacred lands and waters, holistic cultural lifeways, traditional knowledge, gender equity, and Indigenous human rights.
Grant funds support:
- General operating expenses and/or funds for regranting to help increase organizational capacity to plan for, maintain and innovate infrastructure
- Collaborative relationships between and among Indigenous-led organizations and networks
- The development and promotion of Indigenous-led philanthropy
- Indigenous forms of governance, with a special focus on women and youth leaders
- Indigenous languages and intergenerational transmission of Indigenous knowledge
- Holistic Indigenous economies—local, regional and global—focused on community well-being, food and/or healing
- The dissemination and implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)